University Catalog

Middle School Education and Special Education
Mild/Moderate Grades 4-8
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
English Focus Area

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

ENGL 101 or ENGL 101HG	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	3	hours
††MATH 105 or MATH 107/108 or MATH 161G	Finite Mathematics Applied Algebra and Applied Algebra Lab College Algebra	3-5	hours
GBIO 106G	Introduction to Biological Principles I	3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
††GEOG 103G	Introduction to Geography	3	hours
Art 105 or Art 106 Music 151 or Theatre 131G	Survey of World Art History I or II Introduction to Music Introduction to the Theatre	3	hours
	Total:	17-19	hours

 

Second Semester

††ENGL 102 or ENGL 102HG	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	3	hours
††MATH 241 or 241HG	Elementary Statistics	3	hours
ESSC 101 or 102G	Earth and Space Science I or II	3	hours
GBIO 107G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	3	hours
HIST 202G	American History since 1877	3	hours
††COMM 210G	Communicating in the Classroom	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

††ENGL 229 or ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232 or ENGL 233G	Introduction to Gender and Sexuality in Literature World Literature English Literature American Literature Introduction to African American Literature	3	hours
††EPSY 301	Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents	3	hours
††ENGL 300	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation	3	hours
††SPED 200	Introduction to Diverse Learners	3	hours
††LSED 402	Books and Related Material for Young People	3	hours
†††EDUC 202	Introduction to Education	3	hours
	ACT or Praxis Core
	Total:	18	hours

 

Second Semester

††ENGL 229  or ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232 or ENGL 233G	Introduction to Gender and Sexuality in Literature World Literature English Literature American Literature Introduction to African American Literature	3	hours
††MATH 249	Mathematics for Middle School Science, Social Studies, and English Teachers	3	hours
††SPED 213	Technology for Inclusion	1	hour
††EDUC 315	Classroom Management and Motivation for Beginning Teachers	3	hours
††EDUC 308	Teaching Reading in the Middle School	3	hours
††EDUC 307	Instructional Planning and Assessment	3	hours
	Praxis PLT exam following this semester
	Total:	16	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††SPED 3661	Methods for Teaching Language Arts to Students with  Mild/Moderate Disabilities	3	hours
††SPED 3671	Methods for Teaching Mathematics and Other Content Areas to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities	3	hours
††EDUC 3222	Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading	3	hours
††ENGL 4672	The Teaching of Writing	3	hours
††ENGL 229 or ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232 or ENGL 233G	Introduction to Gender and Sexuality in Literature World Literature English Literature American Literature Introduction to African American Literature	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††EDUC 494	Methods in Middle School Subjects	6	hours
††SPED 365	Behavior Management Strategies for the Student with Mild/Moderate Disabilities	3	hours
††SPED 442	Developing Family and Professional Partnerships Through Collaboration	3	hours
††EDUC 472	Teaching Reading in the Content Areas	3	hours
	Pass Praxis Content exam this semester
	Pass Praxis SPED Core
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

SUMMER SEMESTER

††SPED 4413	Practicum in Assessment and Evaluation of Individuals with Exceptionalities	3	hours
††SPED 4653	Inclusion Practicum	3	hours
	Total:	6	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††EDUC 4534	Teaching Residency	6	hours
††EDUC 4854	Special Methods in High School Subjects	3	hours
††ENGL 4684	Teaching Science and Mathematics in Middle School	3	hours
	Total:	12	hours

 

Second Semester

†††EDUC 486	Teaching Residency Capstone	9	hours
	Total:	9	hours

 

Total semester hours required 129-131

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.

^GGeneral Education Courses

^††A grade of “C” or better is required.

^†††A grade of “B” or better is required

¹Take SPED 366 and SPED 367 concurrently.

²Take ENGL 467 and EDUC 322 concurrently.

³Take SPED 441 and SPED 465 concurrently.

⁴Take EDUC 453, EDUC 485, and ENGL 468 concurrently.